In this edit, I have manage to sequence the footage from each filming block, into a narrative that follows that of the story board.
The introduction successfully establishes the main character, whilst also making the audience initially perceive the character as depressed and isolated. If there was more time, I would have gone back and filmed a larger variety of shots, even asking someone to help film so that not all the shots were static.
'The shock' scene, with me reacting to hearing about the death of my father over the phone , has managed to communicate the numb feeling one feels when hearing this type of news, through the out of focus experimenting that I carried out. The part in which the film is showing the elapse of time of me sitting in one chair for days has been communicated through the choice to arrange the shots of me sitting down in a disorientating manner. This effect of cutting from day to night and so fourth, suggests that these clips span over several days, which represents the idea of the character doing nothing for an extended period of time as a form of depression. The elapse of time was further emphasised by the inclusion of a additive dissolve effect that i came upon whilst experimenting with Premier Pro. This results in the clips slowly fading into one another.
'The Black Hole' scene was edited to stand out to the rest of the others. This scene is meant to represent the anxiety in grief, of which I felt was not expressible through a slow editing pace. Therefore, I used fast paced cutting to make the audience feel disorientated and uncomfortable, just as the character is, which helps to make the character more relatable. If there was time, I would go back and capture more loud sounds of the city, as the diegetic noises here proved to connote a sensation of sensory overload that an anxious person would feel.
'The Climb' features a slower paced editing rhythm again, with the exception of the pencils hitting the paper and the books closing. These clips were edited back to back, with fast cutting as I wanted to highlight the feeling of motivation in the character creating, as the film transitions into the more positive aspects of grief. The fast kinetic energy of the pencil hitting the paper and the book closing after each drawing was meant to illustrate the sheer quantity of drawing that were being made in a small amount of time, thus showing the character motivation and joy with drawing. However, this scene is easily the shortest of them all, and it lacks that catalyst of family intervention that is supposed to drive the character towards a more optimistic perspective on life and death. More shots may be added.
'The acceptance' at the end successfully delivers the non-linear narrative approach that I decided to include from watching 'Westworld'. The audiences perception is later altered by the previous events told in the flashbacks.
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